Get Started Disability Support Australia Ltd

25/11/2025

The team at Get Started are busily working with the Greater Bendigo Council! We’re booking venues, organising catering and fine tuning our program to ensure we include of all the local service providers and supports in your area. Watch this space for dates beginning early 2026! Bendigo it’s time to Get Started !

25/11/2025

A brilliant 6 weeks with this incredible group in Shepparton. We shared laughter, tears and of course enormous amounts of support for each other. Thank you to everyone who joined us, people with disabilities and chronic health conditions, disability support workers and allied health professionals. I look forward to seeing how the support continues on across the community. Thanks for having us.

23/10/2025

It’s Invisible Disabilities Week (19–25 October)! 💛

Did you know that around 80–85% of people with disability have one that isn’t visible?

These include neurological, cognitive, sensory, mental health, and chronic conditions that aren’t always immediately apparent.

FPDN stands strong in advocating for the rights, voices, and lived experiences of our mob with disability — both visible and invisible.

Not all disabilities are visible — but a little understanding, cultural respect, and kindness can go a long way in making everyone feel seen, supported, and valued.

ALT Text: Graphic with Aboriginal artwork by Uncle Paul Constable-Calcott, a proud Wiradjuri artist, featuring the words “Invisible Disabilities Week.”

22/09/2025

Are you in need of help and feeling overwhelmed trying to navigate the disability system?

Come join our free workshops in Shepparton!

Each session will help you cut through the confusion so you can better understand the world of disability support and find the resources that best fit your needs.

📆 Starting Friday the 17th of October
📍Shepparton Uniting Church, 134/140 Fryar Street Shepparton.
🕙 11am to 1pm

Register your interest below!
https://www.getstarteddisability.org.au/register

15/09/2025

Got too many things on your disability to do list?

Then book into our free peer support workshops and we'll help you work out what to do next.

Register for our free Shepparton workshops, weekly starting Friday 17th October, 11am-1pm, at the Shepparton Uniting Church.

https://www.getstarteddisability.org.au/register

13/09/2025

Evacuating in an emergency can look vastly different for someone living with a disability or chronic health condition.

In the lead up to Summer, now is the time to think about planning for emergencies.

In session 4 of the free Get Started Disability Support Workshop Series, we will look at what you can do to ensure you don't get caught out, or stuck with no where to go and no way to get there.

Thursday the 25th of September 11am-1pm. 47 Forest St Woodend Neighbourhood House.

It's free, lunch is included...so yep, you know you should come. Register here, or just drop in.
https://www.getstarteddisability.org.au/register

08/09/2025

Just starting your journey with a disability or chronic illness? We're here to help you GET STARTED!

Our free Get Started Disability and Beyond Workshops are your one-stop shop for everything you need to know. We'll show you how to find amazing local support, connect with a community that 'gets it', and unlock all the tools you need to live your life to the fullest.

Register your interest today!
https://www.getstarteddisability.org.au/register

03/09/2025

Sport and disability? Of course they can go together.
Tomorrow, Thursday September 4th, we will be chatting about what fun things are out there for us to do. Even rock climbing!

Woodend neighbourhood house 11 am.

Join us as we chat about getting back to work, study, sport and getting out and about. 

31/08/2025

Woodend this Thursday 11am.
We”ll be talking about getting back to work, study and all the fun stuff like travel and sports.

Join our free workshop at the Woodend Neighbourhood House.
Come along.

Register for our free workshops in a location close to you. Each session is a 2-hour workshop and includes a yummy morning tea.

28/08/2025

Hey Shepparton, Are you new to disability?

The Get Started Disability and Beyond Workshops will help you understand what’s available both inside and outside the NDIS.

We’ll help you find great local support, figure out funding, connect with others living with disability, and understand the challenges disability can bring.

Everything from planning for emergencies through to who can help you pay for it all. Our workshops will answer all your questions.

Starting in Shepparton on Friday the 17th of October, our free workshops will be facilitated by quadruple amputee, Mandy McCracken. Proudly supported by Greater Shepparton Council.

To register, click here.
https://www.getstarteddisability.org.au/register

13/08/2025

Tomorrow at 11am. Woodend Neighbourhood House. Come and join in.

Woodend Session 2 is this Thursday the 14th of August.
And we are talking all things money.

NDIS, Centrelink, Disability Support Pensions, My Aged Care, Home Care Packages...the list goes on.

Join us at 11am at Woodend Neighbourhood House, and let us know you're coming by registering on this link.
https://www.getstarteddisability.org.au/register
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